Category Archives: Canadian Press
Dubai's Emirates working to get out from under US laptop ban
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East’s biggest airline says it is working to implement increased security measures in response to U.S. demands to reverse a ban on laptops and other elec...
Jul 04, 2017
China, Russia offer plan for easing North Korea tensions
MOSCOW - Russia and China on Tuesday proposed a plan for defusing tensions over North Korea, suggesting that Pyongyang declare a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests while the United States and Sou...
Jul 04, 2017
Sri Lanka's worst-ever dengue outbreak kills 225
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka is suffering its worst-ever dengue outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus killing 225 people and infecting more than 76,000 this year. Alarmed by the magnitude of the c...
Jul 04, 2017
Philippine court upholds martial law as siege's end seen
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the president’s declaration of martial law in the south in a legal boost to a military offensive that the defence chief said ...
Jul 04, 2017
East Timor holds first LGBT parade; PM calls for acceptance
DILI, East Timor - Gay rights have taken a step forward in East Timor with its first LGBT pride parade and the prime minister announcing that the young nation’s development depends on respecting...
Jul 04, 2017
Vietnam's capital to ban motorbikes in metro areas by 2030
HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam’s capital will ban motorbikes in metropolitan districts by 2030 to ease traffic congestion and pollution, according to a resolution passed Tuesday. Past discussions abou...
Jul 04, 2017
Fury erupts at word that feds set to pay Omar Khadr $10.5 million, apologize
TORONTO - Word that the federal government has agreed to pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and apologize to him to settle a long-running lawsuit sparked a furious and...
Jul 04, 2017
PM Trudeau and Irish Taoiseach tout benefits of CETA at Dublin meetings
DUBLIN - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaning on Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to help convince his European counterparts to give the go-ahead to the Canada-Europe free trade agreement. The wi...
Jul 04, 2017
Dead fin whale spotted floating off P.E.I., cause of death not known
CHARLOTTETOWN - A dead fin whale has been spotted floating in waters off P.E.I. Federal Fisheries officials say the carcass was seen during a recent aerial survey east of the Island. They say the caus...
Jul 04, 2017
RCMP hosts workshop that teaches other police how to train dogs to find fentanyl
INNISFAIL, Alta. - A workshop at the RCMP’s dog training centre in Alberta has attracted officers and animals from police forces across the continent eager to see the centre’s pioneering w...
Jul 04, 2017